Two arrested after fight

At 2:13 a.m. Stuttgart Police Department responded to the night club, located at 616 N. Main St., for a disturbance possibly involving weapons.

Leigh Kreimeier, reporter@stuttgartdailyleader.com

Two individuals were arrested early Sunday morning after officers were called to RJ’s Grill and Lounge.

At 2:13 a.m. Stuttgart Police Department responded to the night club, located at 616 N. Main St., for a disturbance possibly involving weapons. Several officers responded finding individuals trying to leave with opened alcohol containers. They were told to take the alcohol back inside the club and officers walked in.

There was a large fight in progress inside the club in the back, but was broken up by bystanders before officers could identify who was fighting.

Officers then went back outside the club and observed a 19-year-old Stuttgart man running back and forth yelling cursing at people trying to start a fight.

“I told him to quit and leave, but he continued to keep yelling and cussing at people and trying to start a fight,” SPD Sgt. Keith Smith wrote in his SPD incident report released Monday. “While we were handcuffing him, he repeatedly tried to pull away and was swinging his elbows and fist(s) at me…to try and break free, almost hitting several of us.”

Once he was placed under arrest for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest — both misdemeanor charges — a 26-year-old woman started yelling and cursing outside the club.

SPD Ptl. Jessica McSwain removed the woman from the group and was hit in the head, causing a large knot, from an unknown bystander in the group. “She kept swinging her fists at people around us trying to hit them and almost hit both of us and was trying to elbow us to break free,” Smith said.

The woman had to be Tased to be handcuffed, but continued to yell, curse and resist officers. Officers had to “drag” her to the patrol car.

The woman was also placed under arrest for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

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